Jean Plaidy (44 page)

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 1990 by Jean Plaidy

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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by G. P. Putnam & Sons, New York, in 1991.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Plaidy, Jean, 1906–1993.

The reluctant queen : the story of Anne of York / Jean Plaidy—1st pbk. ed.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Anne, Queen, consort of Richard III, King of England, 1456–1485—Fiction. 2. Richard III, King of England, 1452–1485—Fiction. 3. Great Britain—History—Richard III, 1483–1485—Fiction. 4. Queens—Great Britain—Fiction. I. Title.

PR6015.13R44 2007

823'.914—dc22 2006026749

eISBN: 978-0-307-39432-3

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